Connecting with WIPO

Access to Information and Knowledge Division

The Access to Information and Knowledge Division is responsible for:

facilitating access to patent and non-patent search tools and databases;

developing local proficiency to effectively search and exploit technology information with a particular view to narrowing the global knowledge gap and assisting least developed and developing countries to more fully participate in the global knowledge economy;

providing services that deliver basic and value-added patent information that is not readily available or requires special expertise for retrieval, analysis and evaluation; and

facilitating access to results of examination at other IP institutions

International Collaboration on Examination (ICE): provides search and examination reports to IPOs in developing countries; facilitates access to and use of examination results for members of the patent family.